Survey Results

Correlations

Note: For philosophical questions with only two main suggested answers, only one answer (randomly selected) can be looked up for correlations.

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: -0.22
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 33 50
No 517 238
n: 838
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Practical reason: Humean
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 8 68
No 253 455
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 16 42
No 339 300
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Units of selection: genes
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 20 38
No 266 247
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 38 42
No 624 238
n: 942
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Other minds: plants
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 17 72
No 62 869
n: 1020
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
True contradictions: actual
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 23 39
No 91 692
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 56 95
No 874 553
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Law: legal positivism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 13 40
No 222 288
n: 563
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Science: scientific realism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 77 47
No 1099 268
n: 1491
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
True contradictions: impossible
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 33 29
No 606 177
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 62 24
No 352 459
n: 897
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 5 81
No 159 652
n: 897
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 30 32
No 174 587
n: 823
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 9 34
No 275 319
n: 637
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Other minds: particles
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 6 83
No 16 915
n: 1020
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 81 64
No 445 906
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 49 27
No 282 426
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 52 99
No 780 647
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 68 50
No 337 825
n: 1280
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 18 53
No 369 417
n: 857
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Extended mind: yes
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 55 20
No 422 370
n: 867
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Other minds: future AI systems
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 27 62
No 392 539
n: 1020
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 16 94
No 350 859
n: 1319
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Truth: epistemic
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 30 81
No 128 1176
n: 1415
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 81 45
No 539 795
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 88 22
No 689 523
n: 1322
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Spacetime: relationism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 34 10
No 243 271
n: 558
p: 0.0059
r: 0.12
Propositions: acts
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 12 40
No 51 592
n: 695
p: 0.0023
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 27 33
No 166 484
n: 710
p: 0.0021
r: 0.11
Temporal ontology: presentism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 16 27
No 111 483
n: 637
p: 0.0042
r: 0.11
Philosophical progress: none
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 18 125
No 46 1391
n: 1580
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Possible worlds: abstract
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 30 46
No 535 356
n: 967
p: 0.0005
r: -0.11
Mind: physicalism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 55 73
No 814 562
n: 1504
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 21 57
No 481 539
n: 1098
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
God: theism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 42 100
No 278 1166
n: 1586
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Politics: capitalism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 17 62
No 298 523
n: 900
p: 0.0015
r: 0.1
Other minds: worms
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 38 51
No 220 711
n: 1020
p: 0.0008
r: 0.1
Vagueness: metaphysical
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 38 60
No 250 936
n: 1284
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
Consciousness: panpsychism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 14 55
No 61 741
n: 871
p: 0.0025
r: 0.1
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 36 39
No 284 502
n: 861
p: 0.0028
r: -0.1
Logic: classical
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 52 52
No 678 367
n: 1149
p: 0.0006
r: 0.1
Time: A-theory
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 29 39
No 262 609
n: 939
p: 0.002
r: 0.1
Normative concepts: ought
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 17 35
No 101 564
n: 717
p: 0.0069
r: -0.1
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 8 56
No 226 519
n: 809
p: 0.0048
r: 0.1
Kant: one world
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 48 24
No 272 285
n: 629
p: 0.0129
r: -0.1
Other minds: cats
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 74 15
No 866 65
n: 1020
p: 0.0016
r: -0.1
Vagueness: semantic
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 44 59
No 676 515
n: 1294
p: 0.0004
r: -0.1
Abortion: permissible
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 76 25
No 817 140
n: 1058
p: 0.0019
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 24 45
No 118 631
n: 818
p: 0.0072
r: -0.09
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 44 107
No 625 802
n: 1578
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 94 47
No 1135 313
n: 1589
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
Hume: skeptic
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 43 36
No 262 445
n: 786
p: 0.0104
r: -0.09
Mind uploading: survival
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 12 50
No 259 565
n: 886
p: 0.007
r: 0.09
Justification: coherentism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 24 40
No 192 554
n: 810
p: 0.0108
r: -0.09
Values in science: can be either
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 19 67
No 269 544
n: 899
p: 0.008
r: 0.09
Aesthetic value: objective
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 72 45
No 637 683
n: 1437
p: 0.0009
r: -0.09
Race categories: preserve
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 6 68
No 68 680
n: 822
p: 0.0124
r: -0.09
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 47 72
No 604 559
n: 1282
p: 0.0018
r: -0.09
Arguments for theism: design
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 6 63
No 171 589
n: 829
p: 0.0134
r: -0.09
External world: non-skeptical realism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 94 32
No 1253 192
n: 1571
p: 0.0007
r: -0.09
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 76 59
No 949 462
n: 1546
p: 0.0008
r: -0.08
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 15 38
No 311 435
n: 799
p: 0.0177
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: objective
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 62 58
No 467 737
n: 1324
p: 0.0028
r: -0.08
Philosophical progress: a lot
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 43 100
No 670 768
n: 1581
p: 0.0012
r: -0.08
Truth: correspondence
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 51 60
No 762 546
n: 1419
p: 0.0024
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 36 109
No 174 1142
n: 1461
p: 0.0022
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 55 91
No 329 1013
n: 1488
p: 0.002
r: 0.08
Proper names: Fregean
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 37 32
No 401 618
n: 1088
p: 0.0086
r: -0.08
Properties: transcendent universals
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 9 42
No 140 467
n: 658
p: 0.0449
r: 0.08
Morality: constructivism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 28 49
No 179 671
n: 927
p: 0.0189
r: 0.08
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 34 42
No 276 615
n: 967
p: 0.0169
r: -0.07
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 9 66
No 179 665
n: 919
p: 0.0232
r: 0.07
External world: idealism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 18 108
No 96 1352
n: 1574
p: 0.0031
r: -0.07
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 11 49
No 159 593
n: 812
p: 0.0362
r: -0.07
Wittgenstein: early
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 15 68
No 215 550
n: 848
p: 0.0344
r: -0.07
Theory of reference: causal
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 21 26
No 372 332
n: 751
p: 0.0467
r: 0.07
Arguments for theism: ontological
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 15 54
No 75 676
n: 820
p: 0.038
r: -0.07
Trolley problem: switch
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 65 33
No 996 314
n: 1408
p: 0.0133
r: -0.07
Free will: compatibilism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 76 63
No 934 501
n: 1574
p: 0.0098
r: 0.06
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 21 56
No 169 846
n: 1092
p: 0.0404
r: 0.06
Gender: psychological
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 44 88
No 296 978
n: 1406
p: 0.0201
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 107 44
No 1079 348
n: 1578
p: 0.0155
r: -0.06
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 18 102
No 248 941
n: 1309
p: 0.0317
r: -0.06
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 25 86
No 359 901
n: 1371
p: 0.0299
r: 0.06
Free will: libertarianism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 38 101
No 270 1162
n: 1571
p: 0.0211
r: 0.06
External world: skepticism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 13 113
No 80 1366
n: 1572
p: 0.0228
r: -0.06
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 56 91
No 662 723
n: 1532
p: 0.025
r: 0.06
Mental content: internalism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 36 60
No 348 864
n: 1308
p: 0.041
r: -0.06
Epistemic justification: internalism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 33 77
No 525 765
n: 1400
p: 0.0363
r: -0.06
Abstract objects: Platonism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 44 70
No 560 724
n: 1398
p: 0.0372
r: -0.05
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 33 92
No 479 855
n: 1459
p: 0.0361
r: -0.05
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 89 62
No 913 514
n: 1578
p: 0.0317

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.18
AOS: Philosophy of the Americas
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 9 155
No 4 1513
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 27 137
No 59 1458
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Dewey
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 17 126
No 28 1074
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 32 132
No 98 1419
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 22 142
No 68 1449
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 12 152
No 24 1493
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: African/Africana Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 5 159
No 4 1513
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Sartre
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 6 137
No 7 1095
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Peirce
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 9 134
No 16 1086
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: James
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 13 130
No 31 1071
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 14 150
No 36 1481
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Other demographics: YOB
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 49 108
No 698 710
n: 1565
p < 0.0001
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Hume
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 11 132
No 200 902
n: 1245
p: 0.0017
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Marx
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 13 130
No 39 1063
n: 1245
p: 0.0018
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Spinoza
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 9 134
No 23 1079
n: 1245
p: 0.0028
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 8 135
No 19 1083
n: 1245
p: 0.0028
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Aquinas
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 13 130
No 41 1061
n: 1245
p: 0.003
r: 0.08
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 18 146
No 75 1442
n: 1681
p: 0.0013
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 6 137
No 14 1088
n: 1245
p: 0.0088
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Hegel
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 9 134
No 29 1073
n: 1245
p: 0.0166
r: 0.06
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 25 139
No 134 1383
n: 1681
p: 0.0077
r: 0.06
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 39 125
No 238 1279
n: 1681
p: 0.0079
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Kant
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 30 113
No 154 948
n: 1245
p: 0.0264
r: -0.06
AOS: Normative Ethics
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 22 142
No 327 1190
n: 1681
p: 0.0146
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 7 157
No 154 1363
n: 1681
p: 0.015
r: -0.06
AOS: Epistemology
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 26 138
No 368 1149
n: 1681
p: 0.0158
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 16 148
No 258 1259
n: 1681
p: 0.0169
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 8 135
No 29 1073
n: 1245
p: 0.0497
r: -0.05
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Tradition: Other tradition Yes No
Yes 11 157
No 180 1348
n: 1696
p: 0.0417